- a variation of Basel.
Basle
Britishnoun
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a canton of NW Switzerland, divided into the demicantons of Basle-Landschaft and Basle-Stadt . Pops.: 263 200 and 186 900 (2002 est). Areas: 427 sq km (165 sq miles) and 36 sq km (14 sq miles) respectively
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a city in NW Switzerland, capital of Basle canton, on the Rhine: oldest university in Switzerland. Pop: 165 000 (2002 est)
Example Sentences
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Jurgen Klopp looks visibly deflated, and no wonder: his side are suddenly up against it if they want to reach the final in Basle next month!
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016
Well done Basle, you did everyone who hates Liverpool proud last night.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2014
Facsimile of an Engraving on Wood, from the Cosmographie Universelle of Munster, folio, Basle, 1552.
From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2013
Until she tore her hamstring a year and a half ago, Tina Basle ran marathons.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2011
He visited Wittenburg once more, then Basle, before settling for a spell in Augsburg, early in 1569, and beginning a series of observations there.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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